TheMissingParsi.com

Updated July 6, 2008

Helping find Missing Parsis and Zoroastrians

Please bookmark this site, visit it often, and tell other Parsis and Zoroastrians about it. Thank you.

Every one in two missing Parsi cases referred to us, gets solved!

Hi and welcome to TheMissingParsi.com

My name is Ader Gandi and I live in San Francisco, California, USA. My email address is Ader@Gandi.com and AderGandi@gmail.com.

Currently, I am in Bombay. You can reach me on my cell phone 93249 16509

I, along with Yazdi Tantra in Bombay, started TheMissingParsi.com on October 1st. 2005.

Our idea behind the TheMissingParsi.com is simple: use the power of the Internet to help fellow Parsis and Zoroastrians connect with people they have lost touch with.

This idea came to me as a result of the many requests from fellow Parsis all over the world who would ask if I knew of someone they used to know, who they had since lost touch with, and could I help them find the person.  I would get these requests because I am the founder of www.TheParsiChronicle.com which is visited by 300 people daily.

TheMissingParsi.com is going to help people with such requests in the following 3 ways:

1. You can write me an email at Ader@Gandi.com providing me with the details of the missing Parsi in your life. The more detail you provide, the more chances of finding the person: their approximate age, how and where you knew them from, their married and maiden names, when and where you had last contact with them, joint friends you knew, etc. PLEASE ADD "MISSING PARSI" IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL.  I will post your email on this web site, which is now being read by 100 Parsis daily.  Hopefully one of them will know the whereabouts of your missing Parsi and will respond directly to you or to me.  To see our current listing of missing Parsis, click here.  

2. It will provide a comprehensive listing of all electronic directories of Parsis and Zoroastrians available on the Internet. To see our current listing of such directories, click here. This is a work in progress that needs your help. If you are aware of additional electronic Parsi Zoroastrian directories, please send me an email at Ader@Gandi.com and I will add them to the list. 

3. It will provide a listing of all known web resources of tracking down missing people. To see our current listing of such resources, click here. This also is a work in progress that needs your help. If you know of additional electronic resources, please send me an email at Ader@Gandi.com and I will add them to the list. 

I welcome your comments and suggestions. You can subscribe to future news about Parsis and Zoroastrians by emailing Ader@Gandi.com with the words subscribe to the Parsi Chronicle in the subject line.

 

 

 

  

 Missing Parsis: This needs your help. If you are aware of the whereabouts of the missing Parsis listed below, please send me an email at Ader@Gandi.com.  You can also directly email the person making the inquiry.  If you do connect with the missing Parsi you are looking for, please email me your success story. Thanks.

Case #107 (posted July 2nd 2008) Hiya, My father was a Parsi and his name was Themuras Rustomji and he married my mother, Stasia, who is Polish.  She was a POW and taken by the Russians from Poland but managed to escape and ended up in South Africa, where she met my father.  Dad was in cinemas as this was his love of his life, both work and hobby.  Because of colour bar restrictions at that time, mum and dad had to come to England to get married and we lived in London until I was 4 years old and then we moved to Pakistan in 1952 for 1.5 years and then on to Calcutta (as it was known at the time) in India, where we lived in the Elite Cinema in S.N.Banerjee Road and I went to school in Loretto in Dharamtalla Road.  I returned to England in 1968.  My name at that time was Kamal Rustomji.  Since then my name's changed and it's now Charmaine Scammell and I live in Kent in the South East of England.While we were living in India, my mother was friendly with a Parsi named Homai Bhoori and I was friendly with her young sister Roshan Bhoori, who also went to the same school as myself.  When I left India, I lost touch with my friends and both my mother and I would love to get in touch with them. I also knew and had some lovely friends with the Bavaadam family, Parveen and her sisters.  Her uncle was in the Indian forces and tragically got killed shortly after he got married on the Border when China and India were at loggerheads.
Mum and I were also friendly with the Madan family - Bob and Addy.  It would be great to hear from them. Any assistance you can give in this would be fantastic.  Many thanks. Regards, Charmaine (formerly Kamal Rustomji from Calcutta).  If you have any info, please write directly to charmaine.scammell@btinternet.com and copy Ader@Gandi.com  so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

 

Case #106 (posted July 2nd 2008) Dear Sir, I would be extremely grateful if you would post my request upon your website. I would dearly love to be in contact with three college friends of mine of whom I have fond memories. We were at Wilson College, Bombay together from 1955. The three friends, who were all Arts students were called Zarin Motiwala, Katty Khursigara and Mehroo Dastur. I'm afraid that is the limit of the information I have. Despite my best efforts to try to find them when I have visited Bombay, I have always come up short. Should any visitors to your website be able to help, I would be forever grateful. Kind regards Shashi Dave shashidave@aol.com If you have any info, please write directly to shashidave@aol.com  and copy Ader@Gandi.com  so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #105 (June 28, 2008) Hello,  I would be grateful if you could locate Dhun Kali Bokdawala nee Baldawala  who was a student in Batha High School in Panchgani in the early 50's . I believe the baldawalas returned to India from Singapore or one of the Eastern places --Dhun had three or four sisters The last I heard of her was when she married and settled in Hyderabad.  Can you  help ?-- I would be most thankful.  Best Wishes.  Raji. Rajiwoodland@aol.com.If you have any info, please write directly to Rajiwoodland@aol.com  and copy Ader@Gandi.com  so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #104. Ader, We are looking for Kersi Driver from Mumbai. My father and Mr Kersi Driver were very good friends. Later on both lost contact. Kersi Driver has a son Tiran who is in Germany and a daughter Beniffer who is in UK. Mr Kersi Driver lives in Mumbai in Churchgate and his flat is facing the Oval Maidan in Churchgate.Just see if you can find out the co-ordinates of Mr Kersi Driver. Best Regards, Sujeet Dubey, Project Manager - Oracle. sujeet.dubey@in.fujitsu.com  If you have any info, please write directly to sujeet.dubey@in.fujitsu.com  and copy Ader@Gandi.com  so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

 

Case #103. Greetings, Interested in the contact for the "Engineer" family in Mumbai who are Parsi. The family is: Nauzer, his wife; son--Shiraz and daughter--Zara. They reside in Cumballa Hill area; near to the Japanese Consulate (M.L.Dahanukar Marg, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai-400 026). They also have a place in Shimla.   Would like to phone or email the family simply to see how they are. Zara was a very good friend of Radhika Kinger -- also from Mumbai -- who is now in Chicago. We all met, along with the Kinger family in 1999. We have lost the contact phone number though. Many Thanks. Sincerely, Mark David iammiracles@gmail.com If you have any info, please write directly to iammiracles@gmail.com  and copy Ader@Gandi.com  so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #102. Dear Mr.AGandi, Myself is Hindu but I am requesting you to please help me to search a very honorable ship Captain to whom I sailed with in 2003. His good name is Capt.Y.Z.Gheewala, I have tried many times to locate him in Bandra area but failed. In our detailed conversations he use to tell about the success of his son who at that time was working on as an executive in Coca Cola company here in India and his daughter is working on a very good post in CRISIL.         His late farther was a very honest cop in mumbai police. He is an owner of very versatile & talented character who is very soft from his heart and seems to be very tough from outside. He is 6' 2" tall, he is a passionate person and ready to teach whatever other person is interested in learning. He is a real patriot who keeps on trying to boost Indians to progress in spite of cast, creed & religion. He is very learned human being. Very aggressive, thought full and the best match with whom I can compare him is old mango tree who seems to be so big that anybody dares to puzzles with but have lots of sweet fruit to share to the young ones. He is so professional that big Executives can feel shy in front of him. He is so good looking that one came compare him with Big- B. Actually I am a student of his & have to apart without getting any contact details. If you can help me to find his address I will be very thank full to you. Yours' truly, Abhishek Kashyap    abhi.pck13@yahoo.com  If you have any info, please write directly to abhi.pck13@yahoo.com  and copy Ader@Gandi.com  so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #101. Dear Ader, As you can see from my name I am not a Parsi. I am a muslim from Oman. However I have lost contact with an dear old friend named GUL IRANI affectionately called Gulu by all. We met on a South Indian Tour organised by LALA TOURS Bombay way back in 1965 sometimes in July. I had finished my schooling in Bombay in 1965 & before returning home I went on this beautiful tour. She will be now in her late 60s & lived in Mumbai at that time. I would be very pleased to know here whereabouts & to find out how she has been doing all these years. My contact details are as follows : Mohammad Dawood
email: mohammad.a.h.dawood@gmail.com Country: Oman City: Muscat. If you have any info, please write directly to  mohammad.a.h.dawood@gmail.com  and copy Ader@Gandi.comso it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

 

Case #100. I am looking for my long lost parsi friend. Can u pls help me to find her. Her name is Farzeen Karkaria and they are now placed somewhere in Raheja complex in Kandivali East. Her fathers name was Farukh Karkaria and was working with HSBC Bank. Would highly appreciate if you can find them. Thanking you in advance. Regrds  Jasmine Sanghvi jasmine_sanghvi@hotmail.com If you have any info, please write directly to jasmine_sanghvi@hotmail.com and copy Ader@Gandi.com so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #99. Solved! Hi, I am trying to locate a friend of my Grandfathers. His name is Keki Gandhi & he lives in Delhi. I believe at one time he was the President or Secretary of the Delhi Parsi Anjuman. Unfortunately this is all the information I have on him But it is imperative that I get his phone number as I promised my Grandfather that I would. Rgds Joanne Corrie. joanne.z.corrie@aexp.com If you have any info, please write directly to joanne.z.corrie@aexp.com and copy Ader@Gandi.com so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Dear Joanne, I know about one Keki Gandhi in Delhi, and am forwarding you the numbers. Pls do tell me about your family and yourself just for my knowledge and also do keep me posted about the developments.
Regards and wish you luck for the reunion. Afroze. AFROZE J. PATALWALA Udhna SURAT  afroze_j_p@rediffmail.com

Case #98. Hi, I am looking for a Paris friend from SURAT , Gujarat , India .  His name is Rusi Fakirji Daruwala.  We went to science collage in Surat and Engineering collage in Morvi during 1965-1968.  He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1968.  I moved to USA in 1969 and do not know where he is.  Last I know he got a job in Bombay .Every morning when I do my DEEVO and extinguish my match stick I remember Rusi and never blow air to the match stick I hope I can find him via this e-mail. Thanks.  Pradip Tolat  pradip.tolat@wisconsin.gov  If you have any info, please write directly to pradip.tolat@wisconsin.gov and copy Ader@Gandi.com so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #97. My wife, Yasmin Damkevala Cumming, is trying to get contact information for Mehroo Wadia on behalf of her Auntie Naju Daruwala of Santa Monica , California . Auntie Naju remembers that Mehroo Wadia lived in Northern California , she thinks at least up to about 10 years ago. She would not speculate on the age of Mehroo Wadia, but Auntie Naju is in her 80’s.  If you have any info, please write directly to wcumming@wcumming.com and copy Ader@Gandi.com so it can be recorded as a solved case. Thank you.

Case #96.